Capounets

Little parcels of stuffed cabbage

Preparation info
  • Serves

    4–6

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Feasts of Provence

By Robert Carrier

Published 1995

  • About

This way of dealing with stuffed cabbage is essentially Niçoise.

Ingredients

  • 1 medium-sized Savoy cabbage
  • 450 g/1 lb roast beef, lamb or pork

Method

To Prepare the Cabbage

Discard any damaged outer leaves. Then remove 10–12 large leaves and blanch them in lightly salted water. Remove with a slotted spoon and drain.

Blanch the remaining cabbage in the cabbage water until tender. Remove and drain.

To Make the Stuffing

Chop the whole blanched ca